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You can buy one of the following:
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Enough gold leaf to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of gold leaf for US$2,879 thousand ($a15,220 thousand) from amazon
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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Overnight stays in a Museum
Stay overnight at London's Natural History Museum. for £175 ($a1,419) from nhm -
duck islands
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 ($a13,340) from wikipedia
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1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol
Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand ($a9,507 thousand) from hardcoded -
1 Question in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand ($a16,220) from wikipedia -
1 thousand Monthly rent
Average monthly cost of renting accomidation in the United Kingdom, 2006/7 for £565 ($a4,581) from source -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 ($a706.90) from source -